REPORT: DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA ARE COMMON KILLERS
By MIKE STOBBE and LINDSEY TANNER In this undated photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one form of CRE bacteria, sometimes called “nightmare bacteria.” CRE…
Diseases and conditions
FIRST LADY WANTS PEOPLE TO DRINK MORE PLAIN WATER
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE FILE – In this July 10, 2013, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks to mayors and other officials about the initiative, “Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and…
REPORT FINDS AGING US FACES CRISIS IN CANCER CARE
By LAURAN NEERGAARD This undated handout photo provided by UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center shows Dr. Patricia Ganz of the University of California, Los Angeles, who chaired an Institute of…
UK PRIME MINISTER CAMERON LOSES SYRIA WAR VOTE
By RAPHAEL SATTER and GREGORY KATZ In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, speaks during a debate on Syria, in Britain’s parliament, London, Thursday August…
TEXAS MEGACHURCH LINKED TO 21 MEASLES CASES
By JAMIE STENGLE This Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 photo shows the Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas. The megachurch, linked to at least 21 measles cases, has been trying…
OBESITY VERY HIGH IN 13 STATES; MANY IN THE SOUTH
By MIKE STOBBE FILE – In this June 26, 2012 file photo, two women speak to each other in New York. A national telephone survey found 13 states with very…
CHINA WHO CHIEF: BEIJING H7N9 CASE NOT SURPRISING
A nurse stays with a patient at a specialized fever clinic inside the Ditan Hospital, where a Chinese girl warded for the H7N9 strain of bird flu, in Beijing Saturday,…
CHINA REPORTS NEW BIRD FLU DEATH, 2 NEW INFECTIONS
Chickens are hung in line at a slaughterhouse, approved by the municipal government to process poultry, after live poultry trading was banned following the H7N9 bird flu outbreak, in Pudong,…